22 THE NEW YORKER , N Q y E f.J , :; ' I, fI' f , ! g-' f f I, f to. i I' . ti1:l 'n . f .. " . , , . n '- ., f" . ,.. ---- r r.- , " ,.,..... -r ENE. M \ '-J NI? AT ÂÌè:R kEN I-I ÂW OF J' t...-';' NeE"., A J' RANqf N04J will have to be considerable reshuffling be fore "I 3 5 th Street" can take many tricks C ARNEGIE HALL also was the . scene of an operatic attempt, wIthout the aid of drapes or make- up, when Kurt Schindler led the Schola Cantorum through episodes from Moussorgsky's "Khovantchina" and Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Sadko". "Khovantchína" probably is nothing for the Metropolitan, with its" com- plicated, vaguely symbolical story of early Russian ward politics, but it is full of beautiful and effective music. "Sadko", if the parts presented by Mr. Schindler are at all representative, is a candidate for production downtown. It is shimmering, .gorgeously scored music, and Mr. Schindler's perform- ance was excellent. Of course, a grea many people were horrified to find that the composer had stolen the "Song of India" from th popular tune-smiths, but there were many tunes equally fetching. which have not yet r.eached Broadway. The. soloists did well with the tricky melodies.-R. A. S. Art T HE coming wee lG will bring n .orgy for. all those who go - In for art, seriously- or òtherwise. The' Quinn collection at the Art 'Centér , on for the month of January will be, to us at least, the big event of the year. T HINGS seen in the current week Nowhere else in this country is there were the third exhibition of the such a collection of moderns to be New Art CIrcle at the J. B. Neuman seen. It is written of Quinn that he print rOQms and the brave showing of selected not from a personal taste or Alfred Maurer at Weyhe. Neumann desire, but from a racial trait: that he has some of his favorites, Maurice bought pictures from artists who were Becker, Thomas H. Benton, Ernest fighting against accepted tradition. Fiene, M. Soyer and Carl Sprinchorn. Anyway he did buy Van Gogh and we Then there is a room of monotypes will see our first this week. Then at and etchings by A. Walkowitz. Fine the other end of the earth is the stodgy gentlemen, all of them, and we will memorial to Sargent at the Metropoli- not take up your time with a buckeye tan for all those who love to bow and interpretation of any of them. Mr. scrape. It is a creditable show of the Neumann, to our way of thinking, " s . 1 R . , " . 1 . d . OCla eglster sown pamter; and s lppe a bit last month and had a If you have grey hair and weep when muddy show of F. .Blumberg, we be- another New York restaurant is torn lieve the name is-a sad lady who down you can c;lo nothing but go up hails from Palestine and wails and and admire. Bu if you are under that wails and wails. What we said of age you can stick. out your tongue and her consumed itself s.omehow in a sort say what you think. Somewhere be- of spontaneous combustion between tween these two comes the annual here and the composing room. \V e, or show of the New Society of Artists, you, never saw it again. This show is all this month at the Anderson Gal- bright and snappy. We liked best lc.ries where late the Paul Swan sang Soyer who has a gay nude and gayer his song. As this is written we have still life. The Sprinchorn flowers are seen none of the exhibits and our gar- always ple sing and M. Fiene's little bled accounts' will follow next week. street is still with us. We found the The New Society contains most of the most p.rogress in Becker. The last middle of the road men and its show show of hjs we thought a bit cloudy as is ålways stylish. and colorful and fùll . if the artist's soul had not come to rest of fräck coats. Arid in this month In' these canvases Intent and execution . ' too, will come':,'the Stieglitz show of seem to ha,ve come to an ainicable ar- Dove, the s'etoi1:d öf his _ series of rangement. and the. .result is m:u h Ameriéans. .Th . sage of '.Room "03 0 3," .happier.. Neumann's place, by th .way;.. - -is waiting ã.fe.w days.until the waves. is one 'óf thosê h;ivens where those who..' of enth íasm have rolled off the floor don't like Sargent can álways find ahove hIm. stuff to cheer the soul and light the eye.